While working on our third orchid bee trial run (the real experimentation will occur tomorrow), we got to see a really cool mammal, a White-Nosed Coati. This raccoon relative is really cute and ran through the Wilson Botanical Garden, on the back side of the mess hall. This omnivore eats mainly fruit (which is in abundance here) and insects (also found everywhere here). They have a really large range, from Southern Texas southward to Argentina. They are still awesome to look at! Unlike their Midwestern relatives, the White-Nosed Coati will never make a ruckus at night, because they are active during the day. They have fantastic claws for digging and climbing up into trees.
There are tons and tons of tanagers here. Each bird is more beautiful than the next. The only annoying ones are the parakeets that wake us up every morning. The sun goes down sooner than I thought it would, but it is a lot of fun looking at the black light at night. Tonight, we saw many different moths, some with mosaic patterns and others that are very cryptic, blending in well with their surroundings. One decided to land on my behind, it was green...which pretty much makes it the coolest butterfly ever! We also went looking for salamanders, without any luck; however, we did find some awesome frogs (just two species) and heard a purring noise. We decided not to pursue the strange noise at night.
The showers here are nice, but the shower heads do not provide hot water well. Tonight was my first hot shower of the trip and I took full advantage of it! I also got to eat PORK tonight! It was pretty exciting.
Buenas Dias y vida pura.
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